$1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha w/ Rebuys - Day 2 - Level 15 Recap
Jun 19, '08
Blinds: 4,000-8,000
Players Left: 19 of 320
Chip Leaders:
Michael Guzzardi - 500,000
Kyle Kloeckner - 460,000
Jacobo Fernandez - 450,000
Frank Vizza - 410,000
Ted Forrest - 380,000
Tim "tmay420" West - 375,000
Layne Flack - 280,000
Kevin O'Donnell - 275,000
Thomas Wahlroos - 270,000
Nathan Doudney - 222,000
Average Stack: 260,000
Eliminations:
Erik Seidel
Jeff Williams
Johannes Strassman
Julian Powell
Loren Klein
Big Hands and Storylines:
Jacobo Moving Toward Final Table Number Three
Jacobo Fernandez just brushed aside another pesky impediment standing in the way of his third final table at this year’s World Series. This time the impediment came in the form of Loren Klein. Fernandez and Klein got their chips all in on a flop of K
7
3. Fernandez showed K
K
J4 for top set while Klein tabled AAQ6 for a pair of aces. The turn and river were the 3 and 6 and just like that Jacobo made another addition to his growing stack of chips. He currently has 450,000.
Forrest on Fire
Ted Forrest just added to his growing stack in a hand against Frank Vizza. Forrest raised to 25,000 from late position and Vizza called from the button. The flop came AQJ and Forrest checked. Vizza bet 45,000 and Forrest called him. Both players checked the T turn and Forrest bet out big – a pot-sized bet – on the river 2. Vizza tanked, focusing on the newly dealt river card, but eventually laid his hand down. That pot takes Forrest up to a commanding 380,000.
Azares Does in the Powell
Ted Forrest limped in late position and Julian Powell and Francisco Azares in the blinds joined him in seeing a 764 flop. Powell bet 20,000, leaving himself only about 5,000 behind. Azares, short stacked himself, made a pot-sized raise that put him all-in. Forrest mucked his hand and the two showed their cards:
Powell: AJ87
Azares: AK54
Powell had top pair and a jack-high flush draw along with 3 outs to a straight. Azares though had the nut flush draw along with an open-ended straight-draw. The turn was the 6 and Powell was still ahead with two-pair, but a 2 on the river sent the Aussie packing. By adding Powell’s few chips to his collection, Azares is now up to 120,000 on the day.
Player Tags: Erik Seidel, Ted Forrest, Layne Flack, Loren Klein, Thomas Wahlroos, Nathan Doudney, Tim West, Johannes Strassmann, Julian Powell, Jacobo Fernandez, Jeff Williams, Kyle Kloeckner, Michael Guzzardi, Francisco Azares
